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244:"One of the main aims of the Department should be to educate and keep up to the mark the missionaries in charge of the training of teachers...". After an inspection of the Kalene school, the missionaries were told they did not meet the minimal standards required to qualify for grants. They were not accustomed to interference or criticism, so this triggered an extended dispute between the school and the government before being resolved when the school agreed to meet standards.
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240:(16 mi) from Kalene Hill, at first calling it "Kalene School". ffolliot Fisher, son of the mission founders, donated the land for the school. The school was close to ffolliot Fisher's Hillwood farm. It boarded the children of European missionaries from all Protestant denominations.
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